The WBU,who was behind it?

It was a bloke called Jon Robinson, seem to remember he was huge ...... and I think he died a few years back.

Does the WBU still exist?

 

It was started above a flower shop in Hackney Road, near Bethnal Green.
Jon was the brains and some quality former WBO and IBF people were involved.
It was a very savvy beast, invading virgin territory and quickly becoming the dominant force.
It was very fair, treating fighters very well.

Adios.

 

Pretty sure its defunct now.

 

frank warren and a few brit promotors (joke. well it wouldnt surprise me )

 

William Burns Unger

 

did he not have a lot to do with shea neary fights in liverpool, he was a hefty fellow, if hes dead, he woulden't have been that old, as he looked no more than 40ish if my memory serves me well.:think

 

Garbage belt that made a farce of our domestic scene during the early 2000's. World title boxing on SKY under the auspices of this crap. They didn't even have any mandatory challengers and barely an even quantifiable ranking system. The fact their inaugural champ was George Foreman speaks volumes about the outfit that they were. Even Colin Darke used to slate the belt on SKY claiming it was being ran from a cottage in Norwich. They used to have a website that was hosted on Tripod but thats since gone the way of the Dodo. I dont think the WBU even exists anymore. Pretty sure somewhere Ricky Hatton is crying into his beer over it. He made millions off that rubbish.

 

This.

 

yeah I remember an article a few months back saying that the WBU is gone, good riddance too

 

Big George was the linear world heavyweight world champion at one point holding the WBU belt - that was in 1995 and 1996! Trust me, madness.
Big Jon's WBU made a lot of boxers all over the world money - that's the simple truth. Mad, but true.
Fifteen years ago the WBU was not such a joke. It was a time of mayhem, a time when 17 British boxers held a 'world' title!
The BBBofC actually banned British boxers, promoters and trainers from being involved with the WBU for a while.
I would imagine that between about 1998 and 2006 the WBU generated vast sums for the Board and the benevolent fund.

Adios.

 

it may have made people money but it was always seen as a joke. the only thing the WBU did was stop some good fights from happening as it meant Warrens ticket sellers could avoid tough mandos.

 

the WBU is not very much finished.

the last fight for the title was Willie Limmond vs Ryan Barrett in May 2009 and that was 14 months before the last one between Choi and Derry. Part of the reason why i gave Limmond so much stick on here.